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Stephen M. Hepperle

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 308, Phone: (571)272-4913 , Office: P/3700 )

Most Active Art Unit
3407
Art Unit(s)
3407, 3753, 3700
Total Applications
2621
Issued Applications
2150
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/056284
FIRMWARE-BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENT IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMS Nov 16, 2022 Pending
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18/054296
Method and apparatus for upgrading radio access network in a communication system Nov 9, 2022 Issued
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17/957782
Detecting identity theft or identity change in managed systems Sep 29, 2022 Issued
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17/936024
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS Sep 27, 2022 Pending
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17/952126
Cross platform credential sharing Sep 22, 2022 Issued
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17/947621
Electronic device providing notification and method for operating the same Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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17/943233
System and Method for Streaming Content from Multiple Servers Sep 12, 2022 Pending
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17/931514
PACKET FLOW IDENTIFICATION WITH REDUCED DECODE OPERATIONS Sep 11, 2022 Pending
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17/939486
Random Trigger for Automatic Key Rotation Sep 6, 2022 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19024142 [patent_doc_number] => 20240080313 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-03-07 [patent_title] => AUTHENTICATION (AUTHN) AND AUTHORIZATION (AUTHZ) BINDING FOR SECURE NETWORK ACCESS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/902201 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8163 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 87 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17902201 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/902201
Authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ) binding for secure network access Sep 1, 2022 Issued
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17/929149
Orchestration of Activities of Entities Operating in a Network Cloud Aug 31, 2022 Abandoned
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17/820726
Power tool profile sharing and permissions Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/818870
Methods and system for distributing information via multiple forms of delivery services Aug 9, 2022 Issued
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17/875667
Connectivity management system which optimizes embedded connectivity management system operations Jul 27, 2022 Issued
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17/871256
EMERGENCY REPORTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE Jul 21, 2022 Pending
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18/576525
MANAGEMENT OF AT LEAST ONE ORCHESTRATION ENTITY IN A COMPUTER NETWORK Jul 3, 2022 Pending
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17/848449
Method and apparatus for providing remote user interface services Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/838978
System for identifying and blocking suspect electronic communications based on Artificial Intelligence Jun 12, 2022 Issued
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17/748002
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATACENTER NETWORK DEVICE MAINTENANCE May 17, 2022 Pending
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17/746146
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AN ISOLATED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT May 16, 2022 Pending
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